Vinirbhaga, Vinirbhāga: 2 definitions
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Vinirbhaga means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāVinirbhāga (विनिर्भाग) (Cf. Avinirbhāga) refers to “(that which can be) separated (from reality)” [?], according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “What then, the son of good family, is memory (dhāraṇī)? [...] (12) knowledge of the teaching on the highest truth which is inseparable from reality (avinirbhāga); (13) knowledge on the certain entrance into the truth; (14) knowledge in accordance with the application of awareness; (15) knowledge of the vigour without retrogression for correct elimination; [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVinirbhāga (विनिर्भाग).—(m.; corresponds to Pali vinibbhoga; see avinirbhāga), discrimination, differentiation, distinction: Daśabhūmikasūtra 53.4 vinirbhāgāvinirbhāga(-śūnyatā), discrimination and non-d.; Daśabhūmikasūtra.g. 40(66).2 vinibhāga-(m.c. for vinirbhāga; v.l. vinibhoga, compare Pali above).
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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